Timothy O'Laughlin v. United States
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Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4247(h) unconstitutionally deprives individuals of the right to litigate their personal liberty interests pro se
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4247(h) unconstitutionally and illegally deprives individuals of the right to litigate their personal liberty interests pro se, under both the Sixth Amendment and 28 U.S.C. § 1654, by filing a pro se petition under 18 U.S.C. § 4247(h), seeking a termination of an indeterminate term of custody in the Bureau of Prisons imposed on them pursuant to the civil commitment process contained in 18 U.S.C. § 4246, in that § 4247(h) exclusively grants standing to file such a petition for liberty only to the citizen’s “counsel for the person or his legal guardian” and not directly to the incarcerated individual? : i